Owen Swan – illustratör

One question kept echoing in my mind - if I had to leave, what would I do with Tertius?This is the true story of two lives brought together by chance. Arthur Cooper, working in intelligence for the British Government in pre-war Hong Kong, rescues a small gibbon and names him Tertius. Together they escape to a safe place - but is it for always?

HONOUR BOOK: 2025 CBCA Book of the Year, Early ChildhoodIt was still dark when Mr Miller opened the gates of the old zoo, but he wasn't scared because he wasn't alone. He was with Jessie the elephant and together they were going to walk from Moore Park, through the city streets, to the ferry at Fort Macquarie. Jessie was moving to her spacious new home in the soon-to-be-opened Taronga Zoological Park.Jessie's surprising journey was unlike any other and it brought a little warmth to the city on that brisk September morning in 1916.The incredible true story of Jessie the elephant from the bestselling author of Anzac Girl: The War Diaries of Alice Ross-King and the highly acclaimed illustrator of Anzac Biscuits.

As winter leaves tumble and twirl, a wisp of memory wraps itself about me and whispers me back to long ago ...

A little mermaid must say goodbye to her sea legs if she is to be with her prince. A new twist on a classic fairy tale.